Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Closing Date: 04 January 2026
We are looking for a passionate, motivated professional to support Enterprising Futures an initiative founded by Newcastle University graduate, philanthropist and entrepreneur Rob Wood.
As part of a £1.25 million donation, Enterprising Futures is advancing the University’s enterprise and entrepreneurship offer to students and graduates as well as our outreach work in secondary education.
Reporting directly to the Senior Manager for Entrepreneurship and Start-up, the post holder will also work closely with colleagues in Student Recruitment, Advancement and Student Success and report to the Enterprising Futures Steering Group.
We are currently working with a hybrid approach to some remote and some place-based working and are happy to support candidates who want to relocate from outside of the region.
The post is full time, fixed term until 31st July 2028.
You will need to demonstrate the ability to work on complex projects to challenging deadlines as well as excellent organisational, interpersonal and written skills.
An essential element of this role will be your ability to influence stakeholders to ensure they are fully engaged in the successful implementation of the projects and initiatives you are working on.
Coordinate and lead project teams comprising of internal staff and third-party suppliers to ensure a collaborative and focussed approach in the delivery of the project
Maintain focus on the desired outcome of the project ensuring appropriate and continued engagement throughout
Where appropriate manage any budgets associated with the project controlling the expenditures within agreed tolerance and monitoring the costs against project deliverables
To prepare and present project reports, project documentation and data reports relating to the project
Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables and where appropriate develop business case details to enable selection of options. Define project products and tasks in order to develop appropriate project plans and resource requirements
Lead the planning and initiation of projects and initiatives ensuring the correct governance is in place and appropriate stakeholders are involved
Ensure that the benefits of the project are identified, owned and tracked in order to support the effective evaluation and where appropriate continued delivery or wider deployment of the work
To lead on discussions regarding the student experience, digital student experience and the international student experience
Maintain a high level of awareness of relevant activities, benchmarking, good practice, policy matters and trends within Higher and Secondary Education
Proven track record in managing complex projects or workstreams with measurable impact
Understanding of the importance of Risk Management
Ability to develop a project plan and the ability to use various analytical and planning tools and techniques
Ability to work on own initiative, taking decisions and actions to deliver project outcomes and the needs of all beneficiaries
Experience of providing regular and ad-hoc reporting to a range of audiences, both verbally and written as appropriate and to agreed quality standards
Use of MS Office software (eg Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
Use of collaboration tools (eg Sharepoint, Microsoft Groups/Teams, Yammer)
Ability to be highly flexible and adaptable in the workplace and manage ambiguity and change positively.
Ability to work effectively alone as well as within different teams and groups, both internal and external to the organisation
Willing to help others and share workloads
A willingness to work irregular hours including evenings, weekends and intensive weeks when required, sometimes involving regional and national travel
PRINCE2) or relevant experience in project management
We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.
At Newcastle University we hold a Gold Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.